Door foe baggage-cars



H. L. CLARK.

Baggage Car.

Patented Sept. 5, 1854.

AM. PHOTO-H1110. CD. KY. (USBOHNE'S PROCESS.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. CLARK, OF LA PORTE, INDIANA.

DOOR FOR BAGGAGE-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. CLARK, of La Porte, in the county of La Porto and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baggage-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1, is a plan or top view of one side of a baggage car. Fig. 2, is a side view of ditto. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section of ditto, showing the door fitted in the recesses of the side of the car, the device consisting of springs, rods, levers, etc., by which the door is operated not being shown. Fig. 4, is a perspective View of the side, showing the device for operating or throwing the door in a position to be opened.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in railroad baggage cars, and consists in a peculiar arrangement of the doors, whereby sparks are effectually prevented from entering the cars, and also rain and snow in cases of severe storms.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, represents a side of a baggage car; and B, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, is the door which when closed, fits in recesses, (a), (a), in the side of the car, as shown in Fig. 3. The door B, is provided with cleats ((2), two at the top, and two at the bottom, as shown in Fig. 2. These cleats are grooved on their edges, and work between ways, C, C, which are connected to the side of the car, one above, and one below the door, B, by hinges, (a), (0), see Figs. 1 and 2.

D, D, are stationary ways, secured to projections (d), (cl), attached to the side of the car, one of the projections is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The ways, D, D, are on the same horizontal plane with the hinged ways, C, G, although projecting some distance farther from the side of the car.

E, E, Figs. 1 and 4, are rods which pass through the side of the car, and are attached to the ways, C, C, near their outer ends, see Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The inner ends of these rods, E, are provided with eyes or loops (6), (e), in which the ends of levers, (f), (f), fit the opposite ends of the levers, (f), being attached to a vertical rod F,

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which is hung in suitable bearings (g), (g), attached to the side of the car, see Figs. 1 and 4. At the lower end of the rod F, there is an arm G, to the end of which, a rod H, is attached by a pivot (it), see Fig. 1, and at the outer end,of the rod H, there is attached an upright lever I, shown more particularly in Fig. 2.

J, J, are springs, the inner ends of which are attached to the side of the car, and the outer ends bear against the edges of the loops or eyes (6), (e), as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

The upright lever I, works in a guide K, see Figs. 1 and 2.

The springs, J, J, by hearing against the edges of the loops or eyes (6), (6), keep the door fitted snugly in the recesses (a) (a), and when the door is opened, the upright lever I, is moved in the direction of the arrow, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the rod F, is consequently turned, the levers (f), (f) forcing the rods E, E, ways C, C, and door B, outward, the outer ends of the ways being brought in contact. with the ends of the stationary ways D, D, see dotted lines Fig. 1. The door B, may then be opened by shoving the door along between the ways, C, C, and between the ways, D, D. In Fig. 4, the door is represented as being open. The door is closed by shoving it back between the ways, C, C, and releasing the lever I, the springs J, J, forcing the door in the recesses, (a), (a).

By this simple invention, sparks, rain, snow, etc., are effectually prevented from entering the car, theimprovement has been recently applied, and gave perfect satisfaction. It may be applied to ordinary bag gage cars in use. The doors may be made to slide on the outer or inner sides of the car.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

Having the door B, placed between ways, 0, C, which are secured to the side of the car by hinges, (c), (c), and forcing the door outward by the device herein shown, or its equivalent, so as to cause the outer ends of the hinged ways, C, C, to be in contact with stationary ways, D, D, betweenwhich said door is shoved when opened, as herein described.

HENRY L. CLARK.

Witnesses BENJ. KREss, A. WELLER. 

